Chapter 964

When Zhukov and Stalin decided to let the main forces of the Soviet Army go south to fight in Kursk, Stalin drew up another battle plan without telling Zhukov. The top officials and generals of the Soviet Union think the same as Stalin, that is, Stalingrad is the top priority, but Moscow is the foundation, which can not be easily abandoned.

There is nothing wrong with this idea, so the war of going south began, and Stalin devoted all his money to support Zhukov to fight a battle of fate. But Moscow's empty defense was no doubt a cloud in everyone's mind, so Stalin began to think of ways to strengthen the defense of the central region.

It's necessary to mobilize the old and young women on the spot, but everyone knows that relying on these shrimps and crabs will not be able to stop the monkey. After thinking about it, since Stalingrad in the South can not be easily abandoned, and Moscow in the middle must try to keep it, we can only abandon the other direction.

So Stalin decided to give up Leningrad and give up the city named after the former leader. In the spirit of being a single man, the 570000 infantry of the three army groups in the north of the Soviet Union rolled up their bedding and began their retreat to Moscow.

Stalin's idea is very simple: I don't want those places in the north. With hundreds of thousands of troops in Moscow, I can support them for a while! The sudden southward movement of the northern Soviet Union really put pressure on the two German commanders, lundstedt and Kluger. After all, the extra infantry really increased the variables of the battle in Moscow.

Once more than half a million troops from the northern cluster gather around Moscow, it is likely that Moscow will become the next Stalingrad. Germany does not have so many allies to fight another large-scale urban street battle. Now the sequelae of Stalingrad is still boiling in Germany's occupied areas and allies.

Hundreds of thousands of young people's lives have been deliberately filled in by the Germans. The impact of street fighting will not be easy to subside. If we do it again, it is estimated that Ukraine, Belarus, even Italy and Romania will become hotbeds of guerrillas. Any so-called smart man's plan is not without flaws. At least the strategy of killing two birds with one stone only looks good on the surface, but in fact there are many sequelae.

Germany is preparing for the two fundamental purposes of weakening the occupied areas and reducing its own losses to capture Stalingrad. Mobilizing the youth of Ukraine and other regions, consciously consuming the strength of these regions, this plan sounds good, and it is fully in the interests of Germany. However, after careful study, it is not difficult to find that this plan, which seems to achieve more at one stroke, is nothing more than an overdraft of the anti Russian sentiment in Ukraine, Belarus and other regions, as well as a good impression on the third empire. The strength of the people depends on the shaking of regional emotions, which makes sense why Germany is struggling to build Ukraine.

The German troops on the whole eastern front are replenishing and training. Receive a large number of tanks and armored vehicles and trucks and other equipment, for the next summer offensive to accumulate their own strength. On the 10th day after the end of the Kursk battle, the G group army received 71 tiger king tanks.

The tanks of almost two armored battalions gave the first armored army a breath of life at last. The first Armored Regiment of the first armored division, which had been almost completely destroyed, finally recovered some of its organizational structure after leading 17 tanks. Unfortunately, it is difficult to make up for the loss of armored vehicles and anti tank guns. After all, the instant loss can not be immediately filled up by production capacity.

At the same time, about 40000 IDF soldiers who had just finished their training jumped off the train and joined the heavily damaged G group army. Goodrian did not expect that he could get so much equipment and personnel immediately. He thought that it would take at least half a year for the G group army to return to the state of being able to fight.

Compared with the Soviet army at this moment, we can see how fast Germany is replenishing the consumption of its front-line troops: at the same time, the Soviet Union has replenished 170000 young soldiers to the front-line, but only 144 pitiful tanks. The loss of hundreds of aircraft, even if the U.S. aid is added to only 400, bombers is only a paltry four.

But these supplements are all the new additions of the Soviet Union. Assigned to Zhukov's South cluster, he only got 9000 soldiers and 40 tanks, as well as 40 fighters of various types that were not enough. Compared with goodrian's G group army, the difference in treatment is obvious.

After the loss of more than 200 aircraft of various types, the German air force added 100 new ta-152 fighters, 35 stuka-2 aircraft, 15 do-217 medium-sized multi-purpose bombers and 23 butcher bombers - almost all of its losses.

Under the special mobilization system of the Soviet Union, the stage of rapid and violent troops has been passed by Germany. Now the Soviet Union is no different from Germany. It can only rely on slow replenishment to transfuse its front-line troops. Under the influence of the situation of the whole battlefield, the priority for the Soviet Union to strengthen must be Moscow, not the surrounding areas of Kursk, which have lost their offensive ability.

So Zhukov, even crying his father and calling his mother, only got a poor bottom line. The first armored front army of the main Soviet close guard under konev's command lost a total of 17000 people, but only got 1700 people to supplement. It is conceivable how much combat capability has declined.

What's more exaggerated is that several Soviet front forces lost more than 2000 tanks of various models in the attack, most of which were elite KV-1 and T-34. However, they only received 40 new tanks, so how to allocate them was hopeless. A large number of Soviet tank troops had to be abolished, and the independent armored brigade and tank regiment disappeared almost overnight. The disordered remaining tanks, regardless of their types, have been filled into the first and third front forces of the guards, which gives them the ability to continue fighting. In comparison, the Soviet army in Moscow direction has been strengthened to a certain extent. In addition to the more than 500000 northern groups that are closing to them, it has also been supplemented by 100000 new soldiers. Stalin personally ordered the mobilization of 84 tanks and formed the "Stalin's first armored division" in the direction of Moscow. Of course, the good news is that the Far East Front Army under the command of trekov in the Far East has dragged down the Japanese army going north. Under the command of trakov, the Red Army of the Soviet Union launched a beautiful tank detour near Vladivostok, and directly educated their "Far East guests" with the classic sickle of the German armored forces in the French war. After the Japanese troops used poison gas in the Far East, they did not achieve the results they imagined, because after all, the Soviet Union and the poor and weak China were not the same. At least the Soviet troops did a very popular and effective job in distributing gas masks to infantry. It is precisely because the Soviet troops have done better than the Chinese * * troops in this respect, and the soldiers' quality and education level are higher, that the situation of chaos and collapse did not appear in trakov's troops. As a result, although the Japanese army used more than 500 poison gas shells of various types, they did not play the role they hoped. Trikov's armored group finally killed Japan's so-called armored forces on its flank. With the momentum never seen by the Japanese army, it directly swept through the two divisions in front of the Japanese army. When the Japanese army lost its armor, it finally saw the equipment gap between its armored forces and the mainstream European army. Ishihara's well-designed assault campaign eventually evolved into a battle of attrition similar to the battle for islands. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops from more than 20 divisions and regiments were stranded in the area south of Vladivostok. For a moment, trikov, who lacked reserves, was helpless. This time, not only Ishihara, but also all the Japanese leaders, including Hideki Tojo, knew that relying on the Far East plunder to feed back Japan's domestic war plan was a complete failure. However, the consequences of this war, the wasted materials and troops, can only be paid by the Japanese themselves. In the northwest of Australia, the Japanese troops trapped in Darwin harbor are fighting to the death with the superior forces of the United States. These Japanese troops endured the continuous bombing of hundreds of US Air Force planes, which showed the Americans the terror of street fighting and the terror fighting capacity of Japanese elite infantry. These Japanese soldiers are very accurate in shooting, and have the consciousness and courage to fight to death. Many Japanese soldiers even used explosives to fight against American tanks, and launched a night counterattack and a decisive charge regardless of sacrifice. This strongest World War I force left a deep impression on the United States, and also made the Americans realize the cruelty of the war with their own tenacity. More than 200000 Japanese soldiers vied with the U.S. military for every room and street in Darwin harbor. With their own bushido spirit, they turned Darwin into Stalingrad in the East. After losing 70 tanks and more than 10000 soldiers, the United States still failed to fully occupy the port city. The scene of American battleships shelling Darwin Day and night has also been filmed. However, the Japanese Navy fished in troubled waters, and the i-19 submarine used torpedoes to sink three cruisers of the US Navy at night, which opened the prelude of the Japanese joint fleet's lightning strike on Darwin. In a short period of 30 days, the Japanese Navy sank 40 warships and transport ships of various types in the US Navy at the cost of 4 destroyers and 22 submarines, creating another great victory after the "Solomon sea battle". Unfortunately, at noon on May 22, Darwin Harbor was occupied by the US Army, and the battle of Australia ended with a tragic defeat by the Japanese army.